THE GENESIS OF BRUNCH CAME UNEXPECTEDLY. THE CENTERPIECE OF THE SERIES—A WOMAN CAUGHT IN THE JAWS OF A CROCODILE—ORIGINATES FROM A STRIKING IMAGE BY HELMUT NEWTON, A PHOTOGRAPHER KNOWN FOR HIS PROVOCATIVE, FASHION-FORWARD COMPOSITIONS. IN THE ORIGINAL BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTO, A MODEL RECLINES DRAMATICALLY INSIDE THE GAPING MOUTH OF A CROCODILE STATUE—STYLIZED DANGER, PURE PERFORMANCE. THE IMAGE LINGERED, UNUSED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.